Citizens for Justice and Peace
Vadodara Clash- The first victims: Five Hindu and Muslim families who lived together
09-Jun-2015
3 Hindu and 2 Muslim families now homeless as the building was set afire. Written by Aditi Raja | Vadodara | Published on:June 9, 2015 3:28 am In Vadodara’s walled city, which is starkly divided on communal lines, a single-storey structure was home to five Hindu and Muslim families on Baliyadev Chowk in Fatehpura —…
Shiva idol found damaged, tension in Vadodara
08-Jun-2015
By: Express News Service | Vadodara | Updated: June 8, 2015 5:49 am Tension gripped the old city area of Vadodara after an idol of Lord Shiva was found damaged Sunday night inside a temple on Lal Akhada main road in the Fatehpura area. While there were reports of stone-pelting in the area, police rushed…
Riot ‘abet’ finger at Haryana police
06-Jun-2015
New Delhi, June 5: The National Commission for Minorities has accused Haryana police of “abetting” the May 25 attackers who burnt down 20 Muslim homes in Atali, left two dozen injured and prompted 400 to flee the village. In a report to Union home minister Rajnath Singh, the panel has alleged the police watched silently…
Church ransacked at Madhyamgram in Bengal
04-Jun-2015
Two-and-a-half months after a Ranaghat convent was looted and a 71-year old Christian missionary raped, a church at Madhyamgram in the North 24 Parganas district was attacked and vandalized by a gang of burglars in the wee hours of Wednesday.
Man arrested for lobbing petrol bomb into mosque
04-Jun-2015
Around 1 pm on Wednesday, he hurled an alcohol bottle filled with petrol inside Madina mosque in Govindpuri just as worshippers had begun their afternoon prayers. Written by Sarah Hafeez | New Delhi | Published on:June 4, 2015 2:26 am A 43-year-old man was arrested for throwing a petrol bomb inside a mosque in Southeast…
Ballabhgarh Communal Violence: Won’t return till rioters held, say Muslims
01-Jun-2015
Third day of talks fail as no arrests are made and no pact looks likely for disputed mosque in Atali village. Written by Aniruddha Ghosal | New Delhi | Published on:June 1, 2015 1:04 am Tension continues to simmer between Muslims and Hindus at Ballabhgarh after meetings between the two communities on Sunday once again…
Ballabhgarh Communal Tension: Homes torched, 150 Muslims seek shelter at a Haryana police station
29-May-2015
The violence in Atali began Monday evening, the flashpoint of a five-year dispute over the construction of a mosque. It’s almost midnight but sleep doesn’t come easy to 150 Muslims at the Ballabhgarh City police station. Their homes burnt, their neighbours now foes, they have nowhere to go. The police station is the only shelter…
Ballabhgarh Communal Tension: Fear rules village after axe attack on Muslim farmer
28-May-2015
Most Muslims in Atali homeless, still camping at police station Written by Aniruddha Ghosal | New Delhi | Published on:May 28, 2015 1:25 am A 60-year-old Muslim man was allegedly hacked with axes on Wednesday afternoon as sporadic episodes of communal violence at Atali village continued two days after the rioting that left at least…
500 people flee homes after riots in Faridabad
27-May-2015
Muslims take refuge in police station after being attacked by fellow villagers Azaan Javaid @AzaanJavaid New Delhi: More than 500 Muslim men, women and children have been taking refuge at Faridabad’s Balabgarh police station since Monday evening after being forced to flee from their homes in Attari village of the district in midst of violent…
Ballabgarh Communal Tension: Their houses set on fire, Muslims flee village
27-May-2015
Evidence of the hasty exodus everywhere. Almost no house is locked and many still have fans running a day after the violence Written by Aniruddha Ghosal | Atali (ballabgarh) | Updated: May 27, 2015 8:30 am The violence may have lasted a little over an hour on Monday evening. But that was enough to make…